PvP Killboard via mechanics similar to TamrielTradeCentre: is such a thing possible?

LadyLavina · February 2017

I've had an idea in my head for a while for a site for eso similar to Eve Online's zKillboard.

I know TamrielTradeCentre utilizes an in game add on written in lua that compiles data that a desktop application written in c# somehow uploads here https://us.tamrieltradecentre.com/pc/Trade. The site is hosted by Azure and the server code is written in asp.net/mvc & c#/razor w/ sql optimization as well of course. I pulled the desktop client apart via dotpeek but I'm not familiar with the languages involved.

I'm wondering how feasible it would be to create something similar that logged pvp kills via an add on , sent those kills to a client, and uploaded the recorded kills to a site in a way similar to zKillboard. My vision is to have it show the victim, who got the final blow, the alliances of both parties involved, and if it occurs in IC, perhaps the district it happened in.

I'm only a Junior Dev knowledgeable in html/css/js with some experience with ajax/mongoDB/postgresql, so I'm at a disadvantage here. I'm just wondering whether the community thinks such a thing is possible and whether it would even get used by the average joe. I know nothing about lua, asp, or c# so I apologize if this idea is far fetched and impossible. I've just been sitting on the thought for a while and thought I'd say something.

Theodor · February 2017

What the TamrielTradeCentre addon does is to gather the data ingame and then save it to a text file (SavedVariables\TamrielTradeCenter.lua).

Then the client reads the data from the text file and sends it to the server.

There are already addons that display pvp stats ingame (e.g KillCounter), so gathering the data should be possible.
All addons can save data to a file (How_do_I_save_settings_on_the_local_machine).

I may not know much about client/servers but i am sure it is possible to read data from a text file and then send it to a server. So overall this should be feasible.

p.s: Since the data is saved to a file and then read by the client (rather than being directly sent from the game to the client), it should be possible for people to falsify their data.

LadyLavina · February 2017

Theodor wrote: »

What the TamrielTradeCentre addon does is to gather the data ingame and then save it to a text file (SavedVariables\TamrielTradeCenter.lua).

Then the client reads the data from the text file and sends it to the server.

There are already addons that display pvp stats ingame (e.g KillCounter), so gathering the data should be possible.
All addons can save data to a file (How_do_I_save_settings_on_the_local_machine).

I may not know much about client/servers but i am sure it is possible to read data from a text file and then send it to a server. So overall this should be feasible.

p.s: Since the data is saved to a file and then read by the client (rather than being directly sent from the game to the client), it should be possible for people to falsify their data.

Really great response !

Yeah the issue of falsifying data was something I thought about as well. Not sure if or how that could be prevented while still having everything be functional.